Teacher-First Management
This is the foundational text of our management philosophy, and you can order it for ¥120.
Teacher First Management is everything that a new or current manager needs to know in order to run their team according to teacher-first principles.
Mainland China Order Form:
This is the order form for Mainland China customers only. If you are an international customer, please find the book available globally on Amazon.com.
If you have any questions, please contact: Joel.Abel@AGNova.net
Education is a noble business pursuit, and teachers are the most valuable resource in any for-profit educational company is the teachers. Many businesses have (correctly) realized that the best people to manage their teaching team are former teachers themselves.
That’s where the problems usually start.
Managing and teaching are two different jobs, requiring vastly different skills. The assumption that someone can manage a team because they’ve been a good member of that team is an all too frequent mistake. Administration, HR, coordinating with other departments, difficult conversations, when to be tough, when to be lenient, how to build a culture, and how to make sure teacher’s get what they need… all of this can bury a new manager and leave them unable to do their job. This is traumatic for the manager, and worse, can be devastating for the teachers.
This book is a starter guide, a collection of all the knowledge I’ve built in the 17 years I’ve worked with some of the best in the industry, facing all kinds of challenges, in different kinds of organizations. This book can help a founder build their academic department, academic leaders build their teams, and most importantly, new managers find their feet in a very challenging job.
More than this book also proscribes a very particular view of managing teachers: that the best way to build a successful education business is to put the most important people first: the teachers. Throughout this book you’ll not only learn how to manage teachers, you’ll learn how to make the best organization possible for the company, the teachers, and the people you serve.
